Window shade and curtain bracket.



I PATENTED MAY 19, 1908.

S. R. SEYBOLD. WINDOW SHADE AND CURTAIN BRACKET.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 18, 1907.

51am nroz I/VHM cases drivin clamp ng force on t tening tangs sec ing. Each brae spring for this purp sion to that part of bracket is fastened, can be quickly and easily secured to the easending bar at t ing in their proper relative ositions without nails or screws'and as El clam ing spring of sec tenec to the casing at a point opposite to the to increase this capacity f of the slide it is made reversi ing spring. the adjust 60 porting more without the pole be the blank from whi one of the I clamping spring fastened to the casing.

UNITED" OF NEW KENSINGTON,- PENNSYLVANIA.

Be it known that l, Sswaan R. SEYBOLD, a citizen of the United States, residing at New into a bracket having an upper Kensington, in the county of Vi'estmorcland arm 1 .i'or supporting the curtain or drapery and-State-of Pennsylvania, have invented pole 2, a depending supporting bar 3, by certain new and useful Iin n-oveinents in which the bracket is secured to the window lirackets; and 1 frame or casing, and a horiz lg to be a full, so )porting as well as suspending a shade i The polesupportin Window Shade and Curtain do hereby declare clear, and exact de such as will enable othe which it ap ertains to make and use the same. to rovide' a confining s For win ow shades and curtains I have roved bracket of the kind in with respect to the arm 4. which the pair is fastened by integral tangs The depending bar has a p he window casing and the punched out tangs or prongs 6,

in its fastened osition of its length which, when .driv fixedat-one' en to the window casing, support the bracket v ting at its other end in a cally. The shade roller supporting arm 4, to engage the casim by extends from the inner edge of the lower end bar at right porting arm and is 7, from one end of produced an hnp driven into t bracket maintained y a coiled spring bracket and termina hook or pin adapted or booking and to exert a pu ling .of the dependin fastenin he bracket to hold its fasangles to the poe sup fastening tangs.

The arrangerne tening member of sustain the brack the tendency to d the shade, the curta the overhanging m of my inventio hereto I will p ment in connection wi drawings in which,

Figure 1 re tion of a win Fig. 2 shows in and curtain holr ing bracketsand its clamppo e, its curtains, and

s an identical view with parts including the downward pulling 1 its spring roller, tend of the overhanging hold of the fastening d to provide addi- SEWARD R. SEYBOLD,

the followii scription of the invention, ro ler supporting slide.

rs skilled in the art to arm is twisted to form a concavc'outer en eat/5, for the curtainpo.e, said arm 1 extending at right angles et vertically and against roop under the weight of Fi able lide of the shade roller supon the'sbade to unwim her in reversed position and aring arm. Fig. 4 shows arms and to loosen the oh the shade and curtain tangs. To prevent this an bracket is reduced. Fig. 5 shows in section tional fastening means for the device tangs brackets showing its tangs and the or" prongs 1 1, are struck out at the outer edge.

of the depending bar in the operation of pro- WINDOW SHADE AND CURTAIN BRACKET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 18, 1997. Serial No. 362,869. To all whom it may concern: l The blank is referably stamped out of ly and firmly in the casprovided with the slide ket with its own fastening which a right angled arm 8, projects ose is secured under tenforms the support for the casing to which the brace 9, strengthens the connection of this *whereby the brackets curtain rollersup ieir junction. tted upon the arm by groove forming lips (Elie y rernoyed, the 10, by which it is made adjustable to adapt bracket being fas-. it to dill'ercnt lengths of e nt of the tangs on the fasroller supporting arm may the bracket whereby they tion toward the end of the arm for long ers, as in Fig. 2, or be revcr to the de ending fastening in and their supports on making t e adinustment within mm, is also a feature about six inc (1 in the claims appended shades. For this purpose one ofthe groove oint out the precise improveforming li s of the slide is shorter thanthe th the accompanying -other to a low the slide to be set up against the edge of the brace when its roller bearing ts a front view of a porarm is set up next the depending fastening ow casing with. my im roved bar for short curtain rollers. shade and curtain brackets applied t eretp. prongs while supporting the'dev )erspective one of the shade dc ending bar vertically, the wei of the she e hm :i e TENT ()FFICE Patented May 19, 1908.

heavy sheet stee and subsequently f ormed ontal arm 4, for

in the middle en into the the curtain roller.

with the deporting arm The slide is sed and set next bar as 1n Fig. 3,

the range of es for different widths of The tangs or to pull down the ends assess ducing the blank and subsequently upset so its length, but obviously the s wring can be as to stand inward between the middle row of prongs, whereby the llat sides of the middle row of tangs stand upward and the list sides of the edge row of tangs stand inward between the middle tangs and reinforce the holding luncti n of the depending bar. it will be understood that these brackets are in pairs and adapted for use with spring rollers and may be very cheaply produced and fastened in place both sets of the fastening tang-s being driven at the same time While the arrangement of the tangs support the bracket in the two directions stated its tangs are nevertheless liable to become loose by the jar and strain in unwinding and winding the spring-roller of the shade and to fail in a lirin hold in the casing and to prevent this l provide means carried by each bracket and fastened in the casing whereby the tangs safely and lirinlymainteined in the casing. For this purpose a coiled spring 12, is attached by one end to an eye on the fastening or tang member of the bracket and terminates at its other end in a hook or pin ll), by which it; is fastened by hooking or pin driving into the casing at a point ,at the side of the braelwtopposite the range, so that the clamping spring being thus held under a & rung tension exerts its force to pull and firmly hold the tangs of the fastening member into the casing. For this purpose the hook or pin of the clamping spring can be driven into the race of the cusing or into its inner vertical edge and thus each bracketis provided with its own safety clainpingspring fastened to the casing at the same time. the tangs are driven into the outer edge of the casing and both fastenings for the bracket made easily and quickly and in which both the tangs and the spring an be separate i from their hold in the casing when .itis desired to remove the bracket An important adyantage of connecting the spring of each bracket dirt ly to that part of the wnulow casing to which the bracket is secured is that'it allows the use of a sepau short spring for each bracket and of attaching the fastening end or each spring to that side of the vertical casing bar opposite to that side or" the bracket which has the fastening tongs. in such attaclnnent of each spring' its hook end can be fastened over the edge of the casing and stretched to give it the desired strong tension to hold the driven tangs lirmly in the casing; and this capacity for stretching the spring adapts its attaching sharp end to be fastencdto a narrow or wide casing and to be driven into the face of the casing or hooked over its edge and thus term a self fastening attaclnnent for each spring. It is understoodth the brackets are attached near the top of he window "frame, and I prefer to count o the spring the tanged las'teningbar about the middle of connected to any other point 0 the'bracket desired.

1 claim:

l. A bracket of the character described comprising a vertically extending supporting bar, a suspension arm extending at right angles with respect thereto and having that portion in proximity to the bar enlarged to constitute a reinforcement, and a slidable member forming a shade roller fixture adjustably mounted u on the suspension arm, said member elnbo ying a slotted arm and further having the longitudinal edges of its body portion bent upon itself to constitute groove-forniing-lips whereby said body portion can be reversibly mounted upon the suspension arm.

2. A bracket of the character described comprising a vertically-extending supporting bar, a suspension arm extending at right angles with respect thereto and having that portion in proximity to the bar enlarged to constitute a re-inlorceinent, and a slidable member forming a shade roller fixture adjusts-lily mounted upon the suspension arm, said member embodying a slotted arm and further having the longitudinal edges of its body portion bent upon itself to constitute groeve-lorrningdips whereby said body portion can be reversibly mounted upon the suspension arin, one of said groove-torniing-lipe of less length than the otk -m A bracket of the character described comprising a vertically-extending supporting bar, a suspension arm projecting at right angles with respect to said bar, and a slidable member forming a shade roller fixture adjustably mounted upon said trni, said menibor comprising a body portion and an angular extension, said angular extension slotted, said body portion hayinp the longitudinal edges thereof bent upon itself to constitute a pair of groove-forming lips whereby said body portion can be reversibly mounted upon said suspension arm.

l. A bracket of the character described comprising a yertically-extending sunporting her, said our having a plurality oi astening tangs projecting from one face thereof and further provided with a plurality of fastening tangs pro j ecting from one edge thereof, a suspension arm projecting at right angles with respect to said bar, and a shdable member forming a shade roller fixture adjustahly mounted upon said arm, said member comprising a body portion and an. angular extension, said angular extension" slotted, said body portion having the longitudinal edges thereof bent upon itself to constitute a pair of groove-formingdips whereby said body portion can be reversibly mounted upon said suspension arm.

5. A bracket of the character"described coinpr sin .ertically-extending supporting bar, said her having a plurality of fastenir'n member em tangs projectim from one face thereof and further provided with a plurality of fastening tangs projecting from one edge thereof, said bar further having an apertured lug projecting from the other edge thereof for attaching a spring thereto, a suspension arm rejecting at right angles with respect to said um and a slidable member forming a shade roller fixture adjustably mounted upon said arm, said member comprising a body portion and an angular extension, said angular extension slotted, said body portion having the longitudinal edges thereof bent upon itself to constitute a pair of grooveforming-li )s whereby said body portion can be reversibly mounted upon said suspension arm.

6. A bracket of the character described comprising a vertically-extemling supporting bar, a suspension arm formed integral with the lower end thereof and extending at right angles with respect thereto, a pole supporting arm formed integral with the upper end of said bar and extending at right angles with respect thereto, the pole sup orting arm further extending at right ang es with respect ,to the suspension arm and having its free end forms in a curvilinear manner to constitute a seat, said pole supporting arm torsionally twisted intermediate the ends thereof, thereby causing the bottom of said seat to extend at an angle with respect to the inner ortion of the arm, and a slidablc member "orming a shade roller fixture adjustably mounted u on the suspension arm, said odying a body ortion and a slotted angular extension, said body portion having the longitudinal edges bent upon itself to constitute a air of groove-fornnnglips whereby said l)()( y portion is reversibly mounted upensaid suspension arm.

7. A bracketof the character described comprising a vertically-extending supporting bar, said bar having irojccting from one face thereof "a plurality of fastening tangs, a suspension arm formed integral with the lower end thereof and extending at right angles with respectthcreto, a pole supporting arm formed integral with the. upper end of said bar and extending at right angles with respect thereto, the pole supporting arm inrt ier extending at right angles with respect to the sus ension arm and having its free end former in curvilinear manner to constitute a seat, said pole-supporting arm torsionally twisted intermediate the ends thereof, thereby causing the bottom of said seat to extend at an angle with respect to the inner ortion of the arm, and a slidable member orming a shade roller fixture adjustahly mounted upon the suspension arm, said member embodying a body Jortion and a slotted angularextension, said body portion having the longitudinal edges bent upon itself to constitute a pair of groove-formingl l l i l i l l l l l l l lips whereby said body portion is reversibly mounted upon said suspension arm.

8. bracket of the character describedcomprising a 'crlically-extcmhng supporting bar, said bar having )rojecting from one face and from one side erfge a plurality of fastening tangs and from its other side edge an apcrtured lug for connectilur, a spring thereto, a suspension arm formed integral with the lower end thereof and extending at right angles with respect thereto, a pole-supporting arm formed Integral with the upper end of said bar and'extending at right angles with rcspect thereto, the pole-sup )orting arm further extending at right angles with respect to the susicnsion arm and having its free end formed in a curvilinearmanner to constitute a scat. said pole-supporting arm torsionally twisted intermediate the ends thereor, thereby causing the bottom of said seat to extend at an angle with respect to the inner )ortion of the arm, and a slidable member forming a shade rollcr fixture adjustably mounted upon the suspension arm, said member cmbodying a body nation and a slotted angular extension, sail body portion lnu ing the longitudinal edges bcnt upon itself to constitute a )air of grrmve-fornnng lips whereby said body portion is re'\'ersibl mounted upon said suspension arm.

tl. A bracket of the character described comprising a vertically-cxtcnding sup )orting bar, a suspension arm formed integral therewith and project ing ,therefrem at right angles with respect thereto, a pole-su )porting arm )rojecting at rightotngles from t ie top of said bar and having its outer end torsionally twisted and curved to form a seat, and a slidable member constituting a shade roller fixture adjustably mounted upon said suspension arm, said member embodying a body )ortion and a slotted angular extension, said body portion having the longitudinal edges thereof bent upon itself to provide a )air of groove-forming-lips whereby said body portion is slidably and reversibly mounted upon said suspension arm.

10. A bracket of the character described comprising a vertically-extending sup iorting bar, a suspension arm formed integral therewith and projecting therefrom at right angles with respect thereto, a pole su porting arm projecting at right angles from t 1e top of said iar and having its outer end torsionally twisted and curved to form a seat, and a slidable member constituting a shade roller fixture adjustably mounted u on said sus pension, said-member ember ying a body portion and a slotted angle extension, said ody portion having the longitudinal edges thereof bent upon itself to provide a air of groove-forming-lips whereb said bo portion is slidably and reversib y mounts upon said suspension arm, and said su orting bar provided throughout one face not a plural- 6 character des 00mpporting erm formed integral with the upper end of said oar and extending at right nngiez I with respect thereto, the pole supportin arm further extending at right angles W1 h respect to the SUSPEDMOH arm, and pole euportin arm ha'x'iii its free end formed in a i rs 2- i curvilinear manner to constitute a pole S'HUPOI'CiHfZ: arm torsionzihy tw termedla'te the ends thereof there cm the bottom of said seat to extend at an engie with respect to the inner portion of the arm, and. a shade rolle fixture carried by the s. 3 pension arm.

12. A bracket 0 prising a veri" r bar, said her hag; 111;; p thereof plurality of v pension arm formed inte rw Wi L end thereof and extending at right angles with respect thereto, a, pole supporting arm formed integral with the upper end oisaid bar and extending at right en ies with respeet thereto, the said pole snpporz' 1e arm further extending at right angles spect to the suspension ar id free end farmed in a curvihne. constitute a seat, said poie l i i ljpextexuhng supporting hair, i suspension. arm Formed integrfii P with the low end thereof and extending at j es With 11 est thereto, a pole sup- 5 ram hair havin i i we 1 T sumon mnereot 1. have \peeihmition 131 the presence of orihmg Witnesses. 7

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